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Graham, Rigby ~ Leicestershire : With Scarce Promotional Ephemera

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£950


Lyeskov, Nicolai ~ The Sentry And Other Stories : Includes the First English Translation of ‘The Lady Macbeth Of the Mzinsk District’ Story

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£750


Jansson, Tove ~ Moominland Midwinter : In Excellent Condition

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£1350


Jansson, Tove ~ The Exploits of Moominpappa : In Excellent Condition

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£1500


Contributors : Seamus Heaney, Kingsley Amis, W.H. Auden, John Betjeman, Robert Graves, Thom Gunn, Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, Kathleen Raine, C. Day Lewis, Stephen Spender et al. ~ Poem of the Month Club : A Complete Portfolio Of 48 Broadsheets All Signed By The Poets With Related Ephemera : Housed Within The Publisher’s Original Portfolio

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£2250


Masefield, John ~ The Midnight Folk : The Limited Edition Signed By The Author : With The Scarce Wrapper

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£1500


Dawkins, Richard ~ The Extended Phenotype – The Gene as the Unit of Selection : Signed By The Author

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£1350


Machen, Arthur & Beardsley, Aubrey [Illus.] ~ The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light

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£2250


T.E. Lawrence ~ Revolt In The Desert : With The Publisher’s Prospectus And With The T.E. Lawrence Memorial Fund Raising Flyer

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£695


Poe, Edgar Allan & Clarke, Harry (Illus.) ~ Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

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£2250


Fisk, Nicholas & Briggs, Raymond (Illus.) ~ Richthofen – The Red Baron : Signed By Raymond Briggs

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£650


Wells, H.G. ~ War of the Worlds : The First Issue In Exceptional Condition

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£3950


Gregory, A. & Hunt, Sir John (Intro) ~ The Picture of Everest : Signed By Six Members Of The Expedition Team Of The First Successful Ascent Of Mount Everest (Jan Morris, George Band, Mike Westmacott, George Lowe, Michael Ward and Charles Wylie) : With ‘The Order Of Service For The State Funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary’ Signed by Alfred Gregory

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£1500


Summers, Montague (Trans.) ~ Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of the Witches) : Translated With An Introduction, bibliography and Notes By Rev. Montague Summers : First English Edition

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£2250


Rushdie, Salman ~ The Satanic Verses : Signed by the Author

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£1500


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CASSON, Hugh ~ Hugh Casson’s London. Signed by Casson and Rigby Graham.

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£295


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WOLFE, Humbert; A SAVORY [Illus.] ~ Stings and Wings. Signed by the author in the year of publication.

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£175


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HOSSEINI, Khaled ~ The Kite Runner. Signed by the author.

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£550


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[UNEMPLOYMENT]; Felix GREENE [Ed.] ~ Time to Spare. What Unemployment Means, by Eleven Unemployed.

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£375


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MOSLEY, Oswald ~ The Greater Britain.

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£695


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BOMBERG, David ~ Poems and Drawings from the First World War. A small collection of items.

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£300


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BRITTAIN, Vera ~ Two Letters, one TLS and one ALS. Signed by the writer.

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£375


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[GREAT WAR]; Edmund BLUNDEN [Intro.] ~ The War 1914-1918. Inscribed by Edmund Blunden.

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£295


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GOODISON, J. W. ~ Reynolds Stone: His Early Development as an Engraver on Wood.

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£275


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STEVENSON, Robert Louis; E .R. HERMAN [Illus.] ~ Fables.

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£950


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GALLICO, Paul; Peter SCOTT [Illus.] ~ The Snow Goose. Signed by author and illustrator.

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£395


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COX, E. M. [Trans., Intro. & Notes]; Lettice SANDFORD [Illus.] ~ Sappho. Inscribed by the book designer.

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£450


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COX, E. M. [Trans., Intro. & Notes]; Lettice SANDFORD [Illus.] ~ Sappho.

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£395


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COX, E. M. [Trans., Intro. & Notes]; Lettice SANDFORD [Illus.] ~ Sappho.

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£295


Davidson, Thomas ~ Rowan Tree & Red Thread : A Scottish Witchcraft Miscellany ; Tales, Legends and Ballads together with a description of the witches’ rites and ceremonies

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£395


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